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By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The cadres of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress are in upbeat mood in Uttar Pradesh as for the first time, the grassroots workers are getting the confidence that the BJP can be defeated in the state after the conclusion of the seat sharing deal...
By Girish Linganna After prolonged negotiations, political leaders in Pakistan have successfully reached a consensus on a power-sharing arrangement for a new government. The ruling coalition will consist of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which enjoys support from the influential military, along with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and...
By Satyaki Chakraborty The United States is finally facing a big isolation from its supporting countries over its continuing backing to the war crimes of Israeli defence forces in the Gaza strip. The Biden government faced an international condemnation on Tuesday night after its representative vetoed a United Nations...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh is the beginning of BJP’s nightmare before the Lok Sabha elections in April/May this year. The hope hitherto generated after the January 22 Ram Temple inauguration in Ayodhya, and a prospect of falling off allies of INDIA bloc as...
By P. Sudhir The United States has vetoed yet another resolution in the United Nations Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire on February 20, 2024. This is the third time that the United States has vetoed resolutions in the Security Council calling for a ceasefire – the first...
By Sushil Kutty Is the tide turning? Suddenly, all of the pieces are falling in their right places for the still fighting INDI-Alliance. How else will the Congress and Samajwadi Party announce a deal in the two cowbelt states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh? It can’t be because...
By Harihar Swarup The unique association of Pramukh Swamiji and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam signalled the beginning of the new age of spirituality spanning 33 years was an unmatched blessing for Dr Kalam. He started as his subordinate scientist at the Defence Research and development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad...
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Mystery surrounds the moves of the Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Kamal Nath on whether he wanted to say good-bye to the Congress, breaking his decades old ties with the grand old party. From the beginning rumour about his moves started, leaders of the state...
By Krishna Jha The Supreme Court has taken a step to restrain the limitless corporate funding to allow free and fair elections. It was the issue of Electoral Bonds that had a secret system and brought to light the grim fact that corporate houses had a stronger influence over...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With Kerala LDF Government saying an emphatic “No’ to what it called the Union Government’s ‘blackmail’, the stage is set for a protracted legal battle on its suit against the attempt to choke the State financially. It may be mentioned that a Kerala delegation led...
By Tirthankar Mitra His was a wonderful voice. It is no more. But when it was broadcast it cut across the language barrier. For even the people who did not speak it lent their ears to listen to Ameen Sayani, the intoner of original “Behnon-Bhaion” on the air waves....
By Dr Arun Mitra Nutritional security is essential for all-round development of an individual and the society. Only a physically and mentally healthy person can contribute for growth of the nation. Therefore it is imperative that various factors which contribute to nutrition security must be fulfilled. These include good...
By K Raveendran The New Year seems to have done some magic to the Supreme Court under the stewardship of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud. The judicial journey of 2024, though short as yet, is marked by a series of nuanced verdicts, which stand in stark contrast to the...
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik India’s agriculture sector is the backbone of its economy, with a significant portion of the population engaged in farming activities. Out of the 93.09 million agricultural households in India, a staggering 82% belong to the category of small and marginal farmers, typically holding less than...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Farmers of Punjab resumed their Delhi March on February 21, 2024, which has now acquired disturbing dimension causing a serious national concern. Shambhu border of Haryana has turned into a battlefield – Police has erected cement and iron barricades, barbed wires, nails on the road...
By Anjan Roy The continuing standoff between the union government, on the one hand, and prosperous farmers, over their demand for legal status of the minimum support price scheme shows the contradictions of Indian farm policy and reality. The concept and policy of minimum support price was framed in...
By Arun Srivastava Rahul Gandhi in Amethi on February 19, was not the same Rahul Gandhi who launched his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra on January 14, 2024 from Thoubal in Manipur with the aim to expose Narendra Modi and his anti-people policies. Instead, it was a Rahul who roared...
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav A recent report by Cision, a leading media intelligence and communications platform, unveils growing anxieties within the journalism industry. The meteoric rise of AI-powered tools like ChatGPT casts a shadow over the core tenets of the profession: accuracy and credibility. Journalists fear this disruptive technology...